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The Criterion-Related Validity of the WISC-R Performance Scale and Other Nonverbal IQ Tests for Deaf Children.
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Braden, Jeffery P. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1989
A study of 33 elementary/middle school deaf children correlated Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised Performance Intelligence Quotients (IQs) with Stanford Achievement Test-Hearing Impaired Edition (SAT-HI) grade equivalents and age-based percentiles. A second study of 64 children correlated nonverbal IQs from many tests with SAT-HI…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Concurrent Validity, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education
Analysis of Key Education Instrumentation.
Penfield, Douglas A.; And Others – 1984
The Key Assessment System, consisting of test instruments which measure psychological functioning, work related competencies, and attitudinal and motivational characteristics, is described. The system is a vocational assessment battery designed to differentiate levels of psychophysical capabilities in a nondiscriminatory manner. It provides a…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Culture Fair Tests, Evaluation Criteria, Nonverbal Tests
Educational Implications of the Nonverbal WISC-R.
Petti, Michael – Academic Therapy, 1987
The nonverbal Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children-Revised can provide insight into students' learning characteristics, when diagnostic interpretations of subtest results offer meaningful information. Sample report statements are given for such subtests as picture completion and arrangement, block design, object assembly, coding, and puzzles,…
Descriptors: Diagnostic Tests, Educational Diagnosis, Elementary Education, Handicap Identification
Identification of Giftedness in Severely and Profoundly Hearing Impaired Students.
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Yewchuk, Carolyn R.; Bibby, Mary Ann – Roeper Review, 1989
Students (N=178, aged 5-20) with severe/profound hearing losses were assessed on giftedness using nonverbal measures of intelligence, teacher nominations, and parent nominations. No statistical correlation was found among the three identification procedures. Teacher-generated characteristics of gifted hearing-impaired children were found to be…
Descriptors: Ability Identification, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Gifted Disabled
Intelligence Profiles of Low Vision and Blind Children.
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Groenveld, M.; Jan, J. E. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1992
Analysis of scores of 118 visually impaired children on the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children (Revised) and the Wechsler Preschool and Primary Scales of Intelligence (Revised) found a consistent response pattern suggesting that the verbal as well as the performance tests provide useful assessment information. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Blindness, Cognitive Development, Evaluation Methods, Intelligence
Use of the Blind Learning Aptitude Test with Children in England and Wales and the United States.
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Mason, H. L. – Journal of Visual Impairment and Blindness, 1991
An 18-month study of the use of the Blind Learning Aptitude Test at schools for visually impaired children in England and Wales found the test to be culturally fair and appropriate for use with children for whom English is a second language. Scores are compared with standardization data for visually impaired children in the United States.…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Blindness, Cross Cultural Studies, Culture Fair Tests
Verbal and Nonverbal Identification of Pitch Changes in a Familiar Song by English- and Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children.
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Flowers, Patricia J.; Costa-Giomi, Eugenia – Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 1991
Assesses children's ability to indicate verbally and nonverbally their awareness of two-octave pitch shifts in a familiar song. Compares abilities of English- and Spanish-speaking children by age and by native language. Discovers older children indicate changes more proficiently whereas Spanish-speaking children respond less often. Finds many…
Descriptors: Auditory Discrimination, Auditory Perception, Auditory Stimuli, Auditory Training
The Best of "Set" Assessment.
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Richards, Llyn, Ed.; Croft, Cedric, Ed. – 1989
This package contains articles in three general areas: items covering measurement topics; brief and practical guides on measurement techniques; and professional reading on broader assessment issues. The purpose of these publications by "Set" is to provide research information to teachers. The initial article, "Overview of Issues in…
Descriptors: Achievement Tests, Anthologies, Criterion Referenced Tests, Educational Assessment